Nine staff members honored for excellence

Nov. 30, 2001

KALAMAZOO -- Nine outstanding WMU staff members have been
selected to receive semiannual Staff Service Excellence Awards,
and each will receive a $100 prize and commemorative certificate.

Staff Service Excellence Award recipients are nominated by
their peers and selected by a committee made up of employee group
representatives to recognize excellence in service far beyond
job requirements.

Two winners are from the ranks of the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Employes: Deborah A. Mitchell,
Bernhard Center dining service; and Robert D. Purk, physical
plant-landscape services.

Winners of the fall '01 and winter '02 semiannual awards are
the candidates from which four employees will be selected in
spring '02 to win an annual award with a $1,000 prize. The winter
'02 semiannual round will be announced in late February.